Monday, March 29, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

"I stripped because I'm tired of naked bodies being viewed solely in sexual terms. Once we start seeing nudity in contexts besides the bedroom more often, maybe we'll begin to appreciate people's entire bodies for what they are- beautifully designed machines made of trillions and trillions of molecules that make up cells that work together so efficiently in mind-blowingly spontaneously functional, interlocking systems. It's so fucked up that people get hung up on whether a few extra pounds diminishes their attractiveness, when the fact that their bodies are a miracle evolutionarily and anatomically speaking.

Get naked people! All the damn time! Go outside naked as much as you can (except for running shoes, very legally beneficial as far as evading security guards goes!) Let your lady-bits and man-meat get as much breathing space as possible! Feel the wind in your pubes!"

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Mission Statement

The Stripped Project exists to provide a fair representation of real beauty in hopes of repairing the damage done by the skewed depictions of the human (especially female) form in traditional media.

Manifesto

These photographs are neck-down only, front and back. These models and their photographs are un-"enhanced” and unedited in any way. These photos are not meant to be attractive or perfect or sexy, though they may be. They are meant to be honest. If traditional art is the idealized depiction of "beautiful" forms, then this is an anti-art project. This project is a protest against the current domination of pre-packaged beauty and conformist aesthetics. It is a celebration of the human form. The purpose of this project is to promote discussion. This is part photographic catalog, part documentary, part cultural commentary, part political statement, but mostly it is a revolution.

READ ME: The Stripped Project is now taking submissions!

Here are some ground rules about the blog's new policy.

By sending me your photograph, you are certifying:

That this is your photo and you own the rights to it.

That you are giving me the rights to use this photo however I see fit.

Most importantly, you are legally certifying that you are OVER 18.

Photographs should be .jpg images in the site's format: taken from the neck-down with one picture of the front, and one of the back. You can pose however you want, and with as many people as you want, as long as it's not obscene. Use common sense. I've found the best photos (the ones that are the most expressive and compelling) are usually the ones of people standing naturally, letting their body language do the talking.